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local artisans or kasbah architecture tours with a steamy hammam, or chilled white wine
by the salt-filtered, chlorine-free pool. Follow white triangle markers from the road into
the north end of the oasis.
MAISON D'HÔTE
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Jardins de Skoura
(
0524 85 23 24;
www.lesjardinsdeskoura.com
;
Palmeraie de Skoura; r/ste incl breakfast Dh880/1320;
closed during Ramadan; )
Low-key, high-romance Skoura style: this garden
guesthouse offers intimate rooms with nooks carved from pisé walls, custom-designed
rugs and attractive artworks. Lunch on light salads and fresh-baked pizza amid the magic-
al blooming garden, then nap beside the small pool beneath your courtesy palm-woven
sunhat. You might struggle to raise yourself for donkey rides in the
palmeraie,
aperitifs on
the rooftop and French-Moroccan dinners (Dh200), but they're worth it.
Follow orange triangle markers from the main road.
Kasbah Aït ben Moro
( 0524 85 21 16;
www.aitbenmoro.com
;
s/d incl half board Dh670/780-1000; )
An 18th-
century kasbah given a stylish makeover that remains true to its desert roots with original
palm-beam ceilings, moody low-lit passageways and water-conserving cactus gardens.
The three tower rooms are the sweetest deals, with shared bathrooms and oasis views; ask
for the one with a fireplace. It's located on the N10, 2km west of Skoura.
KASBAH
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Getting There & Away
There are regular but infrequent buses from Ouarzazate (Dh10, 45 minutes) and Tinerhir
(Dh40, two hours) to the centre of Skoura, which lies just off the N10 at the eastern end of
the oasis. Tickets can be bought at Restaurant La Kasbah, which is located on the main
road in Skoura. Grands taxis from Ouarzazate (Dh15) and Kelaâ M'Gouna (Dh15) stop
just after the crossroads.
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Kelaâ M'Gouna
Although it takes its name from the nearby M'Goun mountain, the small town of Kelaâ
M'Gouna is famous for roses and daggers. Some 50km from Skoura, pink roses start
peeking through dense roadside hedgerows, and you can't miss the bottles of local rose-
